Strategies To Solve Questions Based On Antonyms
Your approach to solve the questions based on antonyms require some strategies.
Check whether the question word and the opposite of the words and the opposite of the words given under the options are in the same parts of speech i.e noun, verb to verb etc.
You should have an idea of the roots of the words and know their meanings. For example, in the words benefactor, if you know the meaning of bene you will be able to guess the meanings of the words, and opt for the best antonyms.
You should also have the knowledge of prefixes and suffixes this will help you to find out the suitable antonyms. For example the prefix “un”in”im”dis” etc give a negative meanings.
Look at these examples given below:
Antonyms are words with opposite or nearly opposite meanings.
For example:
short and tall
dead and alive
increase and decrease
add and subtract
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